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Wasserstein gradient flows for machine learning
Anna Korba
(ENSAE/CREST)
An important problem in machine learning and computational statistics is to sample from an intractable target distribution, e.g. to …
2022, Mar 17 10:00 AM PDT
Online (zoom)
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Optimal transport theory in incomplete econometric models
Marc Henry
(Pennsylvania State University)
This talk focuses on the central role played by optimal transport theory in the study of incomplete econometric models. Incomplete …
2022, Feb 24 10:00 AM PST
Online (zoom)
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A survey on weak optimal transport
Nathael Gozlan
(University of Paris)
This talk will present the framework of weak optimal transport which allows to incorporate more general penalizations on elementary …
2022, Jan 27 10:00 AM PST
Online (zoom)
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Estimating transport distances via Stein's method
Max Fathi
(University of Paris)
Stein’s method is a set of techniques for bounding distances between probability measures via integration-by-parts formulas. It …
2021, Dec 2 10:00 AM PST
Online (zoom)
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Conditional Sampling with Block-Triangular Transport Maps
Bamdad Hosseini
(University of Washington)
Generative models such as Generative Adversarial Nets (GANs), Variational Autoencoders and Normalizing Flows have been very successful …
2021, Oct 21 10:00 AM PDT
Online (zoom), please join our [mailing list](https://math.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=c9cc3beec9fa57d7299ac161c&id=845fe9abdc) for details
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Finite sample rates for optimal transport estimation problems
Jan-Christian Hutter
(Genentech)
The theory of optimal transport (OT) gives rise to distance measures between probability distributions that take the geometry of the …
2021, Sep 30 10:00 AM PDT
Online (zoom)
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Entropic Regularization of Optimal Transport and Applications (Online)
The Banff International Research Station will host the “Entropic Regularization of Optimal Transport and Applications” workshop in Banff from June 20 to June 25, 2021.
2021, Jun 20 — 2021, Jun 25
[online/BIRS](https://www.birs.ca/events/2021/5-day-workshops/21w5120)
Soumik Pal
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Brendan Pass
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Optimal transport and stochastic processes in developmental biology
The CMS is organizing three-hour mini-courses to be held Friday June 4th. One of these courses will be on “Optimal Transport and Stochastic Processes on Developmental Biology”. This course may be of interest to the KI community.
2021, Jun 4 8:00 AM PDT — 11:00 AM PDT
[online/CMS](https://summer21.cms.math.ca/index.php/mini-courses/)
Brendan Pass
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Young-Heon Kim
Remarks on multi-marginals entropic optimal transport and Sinkhorn algorithm
Guillaume Carlier
(CEREMADE, Universite Paris Dauphine)
Entropic optimal transport has received a lot of attention in recent years and has become a popular framework for computational optimal …
2021, May 6 10:00 AM PDT
Online (zoom)
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Searching for the most likely evolution
Giovanni Conforti
(CMAP, Ecole Polytechnique)
The theory of large deviations provides with a way to compute asymptotically the probability that an interacting particle system moves …
2021, Mar 25 10:00 AM PDT
Online (zoom)
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